Martian Wind.

https://v.redd.it/uyszf2ga0vee1

created by remainparanoid on 24/01/2025 at 03:16 UTC

4168 upvotes, 42 top-level comments (showing 25)

There is no wind moving these dried stalks of grass. Specifically, there is no wind here on Earth moving them.

Rather, each stalk is connected to a mechanical device receiving data from the wind sensors on NASA'S perseverence rover - transmitting this signal from Mars.

What you're witnessing, is the movement of dead vegetation on earth, swaying to the rhythms of Martian wind.

We certainly have a seemingly endless list of things to complain about; often rendering our view of existence in pessimistic terms. But in the final analysis, We are a complicated social primate also capable of incredible acts of beauty -like the conception of this novel installation by @davidbowenart @nasa

Comments

Comment by spamzauberer at 24/01/2025 at 05:17 UTC

205 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Yeah I am dumb, at first I thought this was an actual dead gras installation on mars to make the wind visible x)

Comment by Plenty_Engineer1510 at 24/01/2025 at 03:33 UTC

676 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Thanks Op, this post really speaks to me right now. All the troubles of the world seem almost weightless watching dead dried grass on our planet gently swishing about, all the time being driven by the winds of another planet.

Sometimes humans do get it right I guess.

Comment by Leefa at 24/01/2025 at 07:24 UTC

80 upvotes, 2 direct replies

what we are watching is *a reconstruction* of data from Martian wind

Comment by reasonsleeps at 24/01/2025 at 03:57 UTC

138 upvotes, 1 direct replies

This is beautiful and magical. What a clever way to help us experience the surface of Mars. Really ingenious. Thanks for posting!

Comment by Sanquinity at 24/01/2025 at 05:11 UTC

15 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It's always wonderful to ***hear*** about stuff on other planets, but it's even better to see a visualization of it imo. Puts things far more into perspective.

Comment by zayahd25 at 24/01/2025 at 17:31 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

We have this type of research going on in the year 2025, but yet we still have these fucking retards who think space is fake and earth is flat smfh

Comment by Atheios569 at 24/01/2025 at 04:43 UTC

28 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The people who appreciate this are my people. Thanks OP.

Comment by No-Drawing-8697 at 24/01/2025 at 10:12 UTC

5 upvotes, 2 direct replies

You give me hope. This is tough time. Thanks

Comment by SpaceMonkeyAttack at 24/01/2025 at 09:02 UTC

20 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I'm not sure, with Mars's barely-there atmosphere, that there would be enough pressure to move these stalks so dramatically.